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Death exists because, while some human beings are on a path of enlightenment, most are on the other path. That is, everyone is either becoming a better person or a worse person, and most people are becoming worse people. So death is a mercy to the world, to stop people from continually getting worse. It is not how we were designed, it is a consequence of our choice not to follow God. Death is, then, both a good and a bad thing. It is a rest, a surcease of our existence in a world where life is suffering. But it's not the way things were meant to be.
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"Die Deutschen meinen, daß die Kraft sich in Härte und Grausamkeit offenbaren müsse, sie unterwerfen sich dann gerne und mit Bewunderung:[...]. Daß es Kraft giebt in der Milde und Stille, das glauben sie nicht leicht."
"The Germans believe that power must reveal itself in hardness and cruelty and then submit themselves gladly and with admiration[...]. They do not believe readily that there is power in meekness and calm."
-- Friedrich Nietzsche
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